Members of the UP police are allegedly raising funds for constable Prashant Chaudhary, who has been accused of shooting Apple executive Vivek Tewari in Lucknow.
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Due to biased media reports, we don’t get to hear defence of accused
Neeraj Kumar
Former police commissioner, Delhi
Certain sections of society, who carry pre-conceived notions or biases with them, particularly about the police, make up their mind about an incident like this. They do this often without knowing or analysing the finer details of a case. Perhaps the police may not be at fault. People base their opinion largely on media reports that are often lopsided. They, therefore, do not get to hear the defence of the accused.
For instance, there was a shootout back in 1997 in the Connaught Place area in New Delhi. The police had information of a dreaded criminal called Mohd Yasin travelling in...